Nissan Hardbody 3.3SEL 2002

[SBSP]

Hi I'm not familiar, with bakkie's

I always hear stories of bakkies with broken gearboxes , turbos' and broken engines.

Besides the fact that it will use allot of juice.
Are these bakkies ok ? Opinions ?

[IcePick88]

Buy a Toyota. It will cost more, but you will get hassle free motoring. They best brand of motor vehicle you can buy.

[SBSP]

Buy a Toyota. It will cost more, but you will get hassle free motoring. They best brand of motor vehicle you can buy.

Yip i like the KZTE but like you say its expensive, Its outside my budget. What can i say you cant afford it you cant

[IcePick88]

Why not look at the Mazda BT-50. They are so sexy!

[SBSP]

[quote="IcePick88"]

Why not look at the Mazda BT-50. They are so sexy![/quote

Right! its +- R250K

The one i'm looking at is 119000K 2002 model. Thats already hurting me
My Freinds dad has a BT50 club cab. Its really soft on the road.

[IcePick88]

But all bakkies are pricey. That just sucks.

But you can pick up nice second hand ones. Especially buy from PTA of JHB. There they guys don't do much offroad!

[SBSP]

Ah Man the ban turned it down!

They dont want to finance a 2002 model only if i pay 20K deposit, and over 48 months.

[lancelot]

A Ford or Mazda is a good bet. I have owned Toyota, Izuzu and Ford, Ford has come out tops.
Regarding the finance on an older vehicle, yes they will ask for a deposit but normally 10%, I would try some of the dealers that have their own in-house packages.

[Friggs]

I am currently looking at buying myself a nice 4x4 dbl cab to replace my Corsa ute as I need both space and a load bin. from everything I have read on various forums ppl seem to rate the 2.7l Hilux really high! The engines are apparently bullet proof, one guy on the hilux forum has over 400k+ km on his lux with no problems...
The KZte is also really nice but I don't think ou are saving much (if anything) going Diesel. I know the fuel consumption is better (by maybe 1 or 2km p/l but you have to do a full oil service every 7500km vs petrol at every 15000km and Diesel is more exspensive. I do about 3500km per month and I am leaning toward the petrol.

Don't forget to post pics regardless of what you get!

EDIT: Missed your last post, that sux man

[SBSP]

I Finally Finally! Got to buy a hardbody.

Well i'm signing for it today, I think i got a good deal.

Its a 2004 model 3.3V6 with 51 000 on the clock and it goes for 109K.



The Toppie in the bakkie better get out!

[SBSP]

Congratulations SBSP

[PureFire]

Congrats dude! Nice looking bakkie!
i wanted to reply yesterday, but thought it was an april fools joke

[SBSP]

April fools joke heay, You are the second one saying this, when i mentioned i eventualy got to buy it.
Hehe Thanks Man.

Edit:

I'm still learning the clutch , when pulling away you hear the V6 Loud and clear!
Its a bit different compared to my previous Velociti 1.4i.

And its weird looking sitting high and looking down to cars next to me.

[PureFire]

i will never forget my day driving a friends Jeep Grand Cherokee... man, it was awesome!
its quite a feeling to look down on others while driving! lol

[SBSP]

Ive got a simple question.

If i remove the silencer of this bakkie will it make a huge differance in exaust noise.
Ye ye i know thats why its called a silencer, The silence at the moment have something
loose in it and it makes a knocking noise when starting it.

I dont want the exaust to overwhelm the engine's sound.

If i tap the petrol mildly the sound of pure V6 growles soft and nicely.
If i tap tap it up to about 2000 revs then smack it hardish to 3500, the monster sound of what a real engine should sound like comes out loud and clear! Hehe i'm still new to this and it still gives me goosebumps everytime when doing it.

Back to the silencer, I dont have spare cash at the moment, I took it in and they said i can cut out the silencer and replace it with a straight pipe.

Will this make a big difference in the noise and how will it affect the fuel, i cant afford it to be any heavier
as it is already.

[maxxis]

Its not the best thing to do.

Rather take the car to a good exhaust place like Viper and get a proper exhaust system built.

To just remove it might work and sound good but you could be sacrificing power and fuel consumption.

The noise will start to annoy you after a while.

The reason its heavy on fuel could also be because of the damaged silencer.

[SBSP]

Thanks, I'll rather knock along for now.

I hate the sound of a car exhaust.